What are these straps? Or are they straps?

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This house is not for sale now, iiuc, but it still has a listing on various real estate webpages:

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I don't understand picture 17 of 24, or picture 22.

Someone has taken the lid of of the toilet tank in each bathroom and placed it on the toilet seat. I don't know why, but Okay. Then there seems to be a strap around the lid, the seat, and the toilet bowl.

Have you ever seen that? For both toilets!

What I especially don't understand is how the strap stays on. There is no hole from one side of the toilet to the other. Is it a big spring? Like the hair bands some girls where, or the things that hold Micky Mouse** ears?

The house has city sewers, no septic tank. The back yard hasn't been dug up. The house seems to have been vacant when the pictures were taken.

**He is my mentor.

Scott Lurndal · Accepted Answer

That is one ugly house.  T-111 paneling, shudder.It is adhesive tape, not a strap.

micky · Answer

In  on Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:51:35 -0700, Bob F    wrote:That makes sense. No reply to the post that insulted my girlfriend's house!  LOL

invalid unparseable · Answer

Chances are the water is turned off, and/or owner  or agent does not want lookers to try and use the toilets.

Ed Pawlowski · Answer

Not sure it is T1=11/  Back in the 60s most wood paneling had grooves like that.  Snazzy stuff in its day.  Some wood, some Masonite with a vinyl covering.

hubops · Answer

That's my guess  also.It  looks like tape  -   blue painters tape  < ? >   John T.

Scott Lurndal · Answer

The old paneling from the sixties didn't have as deep a groove, and wasn't generally painted. I don't mind quality (not the cardboard stuff) wood paneling that shows off the wood. But paint? No thanks.

Mark Lloyd · Answer

[snip]Thinking of wood, a lot of the older houses around here used to have nice-looking wood floors. I've seen several that became a mess when someone glued down carpet.

micky · Answer

In  on Thu, 15 Sep 2022 14:21:03 GMT,    (Scott Lurndal) wrote:Not everyone has as much money as you do, and they take what they canget.

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